Maps identify trends in U.S. drug use.
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First cases of flesh-eating narcotic Krokodil suspected in U.S.
A dangerous flesh-eating narcotic known as “Krokodil,” or crocodile, in Russia where it emerged more than a decade ago may...
Candy for potheads
A Canadian start-up wants to turn an empty chocolate factory in eastern Ontario into a production facility for medical marijuana.Further...
Drug misuse predicts protracted hospital stay for schizophrenia patients
Patients hospitalized with schizophrenia have more severe symptoms and spend longer in hospital if they have a concurrent substance use...
US arrests hundreds, seizes weapons in Puerto Rico crackdown
US authorities said today they have arrested some 320 people in Puerto Rico, seizing more than 170 firearms and some...
Kentucky Attorney General: Growing hemp would violate federal law
Farmers received a warning Wednesday that if they plant industrial hemp in Kentucky next spring they’ll be violating federal law...
New Zealand: Another result of bad drug policy
A Christchurch R18 store was given the green light to sell psychoactive substances by the Government despite strong objections from...
US: Some drug tests fail to detect synthetic marijuana – study
Drug tests required for people on parole or probation often fail to detect the use of synthetic marijuana, a substance...
Weed ghettos for tourists anger Netherlands neighbours
Drug tourism has always been a big issue, and a big business, in the Netherlands. That land of “laissez-faire,” with...
Paris: Two Britons, three Italians charged over France cocaine haul
Two Britons and three Italians were charged Tuesday with smuggling 1.3 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated 200 million euros...